Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands, Kingston Greenways Association, and the D&R Canal State Park invite you to celebrate National Public Lands Day with a lovely afternoon of fresh air, exercise, and treating the beautiful Mapleton Preserve to a well-deserved Day o' Beauty!DATE: Saturday, September 26, 2009
TIME: 1:00PM to 4:00PM
MEET: 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston
BRING: Work gloves, long pants, long-sleeved shirt, & hats advised!
Some tools available, but please bring your favorites if you have them!
CONTACT: Tari, tari@kingstongreenways.org
or the D&R Canal State Park, (609) 924-5705
There's a task for every activity level and mood!
- Litter Removal!
- Vine Clearing!
- Whack Back Bamboo & Brush!
- Tree Planting!
- Photo & Video Documentation (Contest Info)!
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. In 2008, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants and planted over 1.6 million trees.
It keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the "tree army" that worked from 1933 to 1942 to preserve and protect America's natural heritage.
This annual event:
- Educates Americans about critical environmental and natural resources issues and the need for shared stewardship of these irreplaceable lands;
- Builds partnerships between the public sector and the local community based upon mutual interests in the enhancement and restoration of America's public lands;
- Improves public lands for outdoor recreation, with volunteers assisting land managers in hands-on work.
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Hmmm...This sounds interesting! This makes dirty work sound like fun!...but it's for a good cause. Nice photo! Who took it? I wish I could join in on the fun, but I have work. Good luck to all. And thanks for the hard work!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the weather will be gorgeous on Saturday. Please grab a pair of loppers or a shovel or a rake or a garbage bag or a camera-- and a friend--and join us tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteYep, Tari, really looks like you are going to luck-out with some ideal weather for lopping!
ReplyDeleteHi Flannery-
ReplyDeleteI lifted the photo from the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands website--lots of other beautiful photos there, too! There's a link in this blog entry that can take you right to their page.
Ah. Cool.Thanks Yannie. Heard the event went very well! Tari showed me some nice pics. And the weather held up nicely! Have a good one! :-)
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